Linpac Packaging has developed a new range of hinged bakery boxes for morning goods, such as croissants, Danish pastries and muffins The firm said that its latest product is lighter than previous designs “to ease the eco-tax ...
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Yahoo has bid between $600m (£397m) and $800m (£530m) for premium on-demand streaming video site Hulu, according to reports. There is a $200m range in the bid because Yahoo has proposed a number of different prices based on ...
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The availability of spot butane at the French Mediterranean port of Lavera is tight due to petrochemicals and export demand, according to industry sources Tuesday. During the summer, surplus butane from refineries at Lavera is used as an ...
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New commercial vehicle demand across the European Union (EU) in April this year increased for the first time since December 2011, with a year-on-year rise of 3.6 percent, mainly sustained by demand for new vans, according to the European ...
Microsoft has completed the first phase of the integration between its enterprise unified communications Lync server and its Skype consumer IM and IP telephony network. The company announced on Wednesday that it's now possible for Lync ...
French automobile manufacturer Renault has received a loan of EUR400m from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The automaker is planning to invest the loan to complete the development of its third-generation car that will replace the ...
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Regional unemployment rates varied widely across the 270 NUTS 2 regions of the EU27 in 2012, with the lowest rates recorded in the regions of Salzburg and Tirol (both 2.5%) in Austria and Tübingen, Oberbayern and Trier (all 2.7%) in ...
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Refrigerator manufacturers are making more freshness claims. For example, LG's Push & Seal Crisper Drawer is supposed to remove air with the push of a button, "sealing the compartment to help maintain freshness within." GE's ClimateKeeper ...
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"Words in a Pic" is the latest release from Swedish social and mobile gaming company, WeAreQiiwi Interactive. The goal of the game is to find the words that match a picture. Each picture has three words associated with it. The player gets ...
Dairy Crest is poised for UK growth after the sale of its French spreads business, chief executive Mark Allen has confirmed. Dairy Crest results were 'modestly ahead of expectations', said Panmure Gordon Allen said: "The sale of our ...
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The most sensible shopper? The premium-value food retailing trend will be driven partly by 'more objective' women enjoying greater purshasing power Consumers are becoming less interested in mid-market products, preferring to trade down ...
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Peugeot is planning to shut down and sell off a 30-year-old French plant while vowing to save its more than 600-strong workforce. The Financial Times reports that PSA Peugeot Citroen, Europe's second-biggest car maker by sales, plans to ...
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In putting together our annual report on kitchen remodeling, Consumer Reports broiled 3,384 burgers, applied more than 900 stains to a variety of countertops, and dropped two tons of weight onto 51 different flooring products. Never mind ...
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JOG Swimwear, the upscale and refined brand from France inspired from the charm of aquatic ballet, is continuing its development in Singapore. Jessica Othnin-Girard, a French former champion of synchronized swimming, has launched her ...
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A SHOCK contraction in Chinese manufacturing and the prospect that the US Federal Reserve could soon unwind its quantitative easing measures rocked local markets yesterday, pushing the Australian dollar close to an annual low and wiping ...